Three trucks overturn, kill one in Mityana

Nov 22, 2012

One person died on spot and two others were serious injured in three different accidents, involving lorry trucks on the Mityana –Mubende highway on Thursday.

By Luke Kagiri
 
One person died on spot and two others were serious injured in three different accidents, involving lorry trucks on the Mityana –Mubende highway on Thursday.
 
He first accident occurred Wednesday night, when a trailer of Hima Cement registration number UAK 116 J / UAD 793 Q lost control and over turned at Mpanga, about ten kilometers from Mityana town.
 
Henry Kintu the Mityana district police commander said the trailer crushed a boda boda cyclist and killed him instantly.
 
“His body was crushed beyond recognition, and we only collected his remained and took them to the Mityana hospital mortuary,” he said.
 
Another serious accident occurred at Naama, about five kilometers from Mityana to Mubende, when a Isuzu lorry carrying motor spare parts lost control and over tuned on the right hand of the road.
 
Kintu said four of the occupants in this truck survived the accident. As the police struggled to carry away the wreckage of the truck, lorry carrying bread and cakes overturned on the left side.
 
Mohammed Jjingo, the driver of the truck registration number UAN 152F said he lost control of the vehicle, after getting a tyre puncture.
 
The two places where the trucks overturned are blacks spots for accidents.



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